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    x25-m SSD on T61 Slow ?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by lowspeed, Apr 3, 2009.

  1. lowspeed

    lowspeed Notebook Evangelist

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    I just installed an 80GB x25-M SSD

    I did a read speed test with HDTUNE and i'm getting average 75MB/sec read speed.

    On the desktop i got 170MB/sec.


    Anyone knows what's going on?

    Thanks.



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    lowspeed, Apr 3, 2009
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  2. philfna

    philfna Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    I had same problem with T61p -- the controler is only a SATA 150 -- so the limit is in the machine. I upgraded to a W500 with a Samsung 256 GB drive and I am getting normal speeds. I put the X-25 in my desktop as a boot disk.
     
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  3. lowspeed

    lowspeed Notebook Evangelist

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    Shouldn't Sata150 give up to 150MB/sec?
     
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    jaredy Notebook Virtuoso

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    The controller is capped for energy purposes I believe...that and who ever thought of having hard drives that could do that much thoroughput. Search on the forums if you are interested in learning more, there have been a few topics discussing it.
     
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  6. philfna

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    You should be getting close to 150 for read, but write would be in the 70's. The Intel has awesome read, but write suffers quite a bit. A great drive though.
     
    philfna, Apr 3, 2009
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